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a similar encounter led to headlines in the british tabloids when barack and michele obama visited buckingham palace with a first time in march 2009. at a reception for heads of state attending did g20 summit the queen and circulated informally through the crowd of high-powered gas. as michele and the queen were talking, they turned toward one of her ladies in waiting to show their difference in height. the queen is about 5-foot three or five ft. four. michele, as you know, nearly 6 feet. the first lady put her arm around the queen and responded by lightly in circling machel's waste. the palace videographer told me that they were totally spontaneous gestures. the tabloid it made a fuss about what they called an unthinkable protocol violation by the american first lady. in fact, the queen was completely relaxed about what heard top advisers called for a display of affection and appreciation. elizabeth's day at the kentucky derby was arranged by one of her closest american friends, will ferris, a former ambassador to britain and a fellow in thoroughbred breeder. during her fifth private holiday
a similar encounter led to headlines in the british tabloids when barack and michele obama visited buckingham palace with a first time in march 2009. at a reception for heads of state attending did g20 summit the queen and circulated informally through the crowd of high-powered gas. as michele and the queen were talking, they turned toward one of her ladies in waiting to show their difference in height. the queen is about 5-foot three or five ft. four. michele, as you know, nearly 6 feet. the...
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obama and they were standing at this reception for a 20 liters and first of all they were comparing their shoes and then they turn to two ladies in waiting standing right over there they started to sort of demonstrate how tall she was and how short she was. and they quite naturally, kind of as very demonstrating this, they put their arms around each other. and it's long been said you shouldn't touch the queen, although there have been many people who have over the years and she's become much more relaxed about it. i mean, michelle assertively intimidated road tour on the shoulder. but nobody took offense except the british tabloid press decided to make a big deal about it. i talked to people at buckingham palace and she's untrendy set of owners a good rootedness in the spirit of how everybody fell. so nobody took offense, much less the queen. >> okay. anything else? now? >> thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> for more information, visit the author's website, sally bedell smith.com. >> next from beaumont, texas, jeff forret talks about some poor whites and slaves in 18 to.
obama and they were standing at this reception for a 20 liters and first of all they were comparing their shoes and then they turn to two ladies in waiting standing right over there they started to sort of demonstrate how tall she was and how short she was. and they quite naturally, kind of as very demonstrating this, they put their arms around each other. and it's long been said you shouldn't touch the queen, although there have been many people who have over the years and she's become much...
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obama and they were standing at this reception with all the g20 leaders. and first of all, they were comparing their shoes. and then they turned to two ladies in waiting who were standing right over there and they started to sort of demonstrate how tall she was and how short she was. and they quite naturally kind of -- as they were showing -- demonstrating this, they put their arms around each other. and, you know, it's long been said that you shouldn't touch the queen, although there have been many people who have over the years and she's become much more relaxed about it. and michelle lingered a bit and rubbed her on the shoulder. nobody took offense except the british tabloid press who decided to make a big deal out of it. but i talked to people at buckingham palace and they said everybody was in a very good mood of the day and it was in the spirit of how everybody felt so nobody took offense, much less the queen. >> okay. nothing else? >> any other questions? >> no. >> okay. thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> for more information visit the o
obama and they were standing at this reception with all the g20 leaders. and first of all, they were comparing their shoes. and then they turned to two ladies in waiting who were standing right over there and they started to sort of demonstrate how tall she was and how short she was. and they quite naturally kind of -- as they were showing -- demonstrating this, they put their arms around each other. and, you know, it's long been said that you shouldn't touch the queen, although there have been...
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obama and they were standing at this reception for all the g20 leaders and first of all they were sort of comparing their shoes and then they turned to two ladies in waiting who were standing and they started to sort of demonstrate how tall she was and how short she was, and quite naturally as they were showing, demonstrating, they put their arms around each other. you know it has long been said that you shouldn't touch the queen although there have been many people who have over the years and she has become much more relaxed about it. michelle sort of lingered abed enrapture on the shoulder. nobody took offense, except the british tabloid press. they decided to make a big deal out of it, but i talked talk to people of buckingham palace and they said everybody was in a very good mood that day and it was kind of in the spirit of how everybody felt. nobody took offense much less the queen. >> okay. >> anybody else? thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> for more information visit the author's web site, sally bedell smith.com. coming up next on booktv, greg palast presents his inve
obama and they were standing at this reception for all the g20 leaders and first of all they were sort of comparing their shoes and then they turned to two ladies in waiting who were standing and they started to sort of demonstrate how tall she was and how short she was, and quite naturally as they were showing, demonstrating, they put their arms around each other. you know it has long been said that you shouldn't touch the queen although there have been many people who have over the years and...
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one estimate covering barack and michele obama they were barack and michele and the extraordinary thing that i was watching happen was watching these two regular people become president and first lady of the united states and what i was seeing it wasn't a process that happened on inauguration day. it is a huge learning curve made more dramatic in the obama story because of their freshness to national political life and also because of the fact that with the first african-american president and first lady. we see a couple things happening. two people learning to take their partnership which used to be this private thing and turn it into a white house partnership. we see michel obama have a tough landing in the white house and turn it around. the third thing is the most fascinating thing that i find about barack obama which is his struggle with politics. they still can't get over the fact that it is a complicated relationship. i worked on this book for two years and published it. white house cooperated. i have been working with these folks for years. lots of people in the obama inner circ
one estimate covering barack and michele obama they were barack and michele and the extraordinary thing that i was watching happen was watching these two regular people become president and first lady of the united states and what i was seeing it wasn't a process that happened on inauguration day. it is a huge learning curve made more dramatic in the obama story because of their freshness to national political life and also because of the fact that with the first african-american president and...
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this move to michelle ng obama's father's side of the family, michelle obama's and and this is steve johnson, the first lady's great-grandmother who traveled to four cities, she was a sharecropper's daughter born in 1879 and somewhere along the way she decided she did not want anything to do with the farming life and she was one of the first of michele obama's and sisters to set site on chicago in 1908. this is her husband who was a minister who also lived in chicago. this is the first lady's great great grandmother, and she arrived in illinois some time in the 1860s. the first lady describes herself as a south side girl but the family had no idea their roots in illinois go that far back. if you look at mary, you will understand why the family story says she was part cherokee. she obviously has a mixed lineage but i was never able to establish for sure whether that was true. this is the first lady's grandfather, a mislabeled slide, who left south carolina and arrive in chicago around 1931. this is millvinia, the owner of millvinia's brother. this is a photo, this is an amazing coat,
this move to michelle ng obama's father's side of the family, michelle obama's and and this is steve johnson, the first lady's great-grandmother who traveled to four cities, she was a sharecropper's daughter born in 1879 and somewhere along the way she decided she did not want anything to do with the farming life and she was one of the first of michele obama's and sisters to set site on chicago in 1908. this is her husband who was a minister who also lived in chicago. this is the first lady's...
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president obama now wants the rest of america to follow in his and michele's footsteps. this is the diversion of too much human capital into wasteful and self indulgent activity. they don't do it in china or india and eventually those differences will help which is my next match it. that formula, the government of more and more of our people, the recipe for disaster admired in dependency and decline much of the united states will be on the fast track to latin america where there is a privilege, corrupt elites presiding over a vast swamp of poverty and that leads to the next stage d is for disintegration. weakening the highly singular united states of america. no advanced society tried to direct rule for 350 million people. will it work or is it more likely that increasingly incompatible jurisdictions and social groups will conclude the price for keeping them in the flag is too high and the prosperity in america is going to franchise. i don't just mean on ethnic lines where you will have millions of white americans and black americans on the one hand and there is no job f
president obama now wants the rest of america to follow in his and michele's footsteps. this is the diversion of too much human capital into wasteful and self indulgent activity. they don't do it in china or india and eventually those differences will help which is my next match it. that formula, the government of more and more of our people, the recipe for disaster admired in dependency and decline much of the united states will be on the fast track to latin america where there is a privilege,...
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president obama now wants the rest of america to follow in his and michele's footsteps. this is the diversion of too much human capital into wasteful and self indulgent activity. they don't do in china, they don't do it in india. eventually those differences will come. which is my next letter. d is for the kate. that formula, the government was nation of more and more people is a recipe for disaster. mired in dependency, much of the united states will be on a fast track to latin america weather is a privilege, a corrupt elite presiding over a vast swamp of poverty. and that leads to the next stage. d is for disintegration. we are becoming highly singular united states of america. no advanced society has ever tried have a regular jury for 350 million years. will it work? is it more likely that increasingly compatible jurisdictions and social groups will conclude that the price for keeping 50 stars and the flag is too high? post prosperity america is going to fracture. i don't just mean and f lines were you will have millions of poor white americans and black americans on
president obama now wants the rest of america to follow in his and michele's footsteps. this is the diversion of too much human capital into wasteful and self indulgent activity. they don't do in china, they don't do it in india. eventually those differences will come. which is my next letter. d is for the kate. that formula, the government was nation of more and more people is a recipe for disaster. mired in dependency, much of the united states will be on a fast track to latin america weather...
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you recall that for far she ascended to the throne of the first lady, michelle obama worked for the university of chicago hospitals. she wasn't a nurse or a doctor, she wasn't even a janitor. she was taken on by the hospitals to run, quote, programs for community relations, neighborhood outreach, staffed diversity and minority contracting. she was a diverse, booming industry in the elite america. in 2005 just as her husband was coming to the national prominence, by strange coincidence the happy coincidence with which the ruling class in chicago often blessed she received an impressive $200,000 pay raise and was appointed vice president for the community and external affairs in charge of managing the hospitals, business diversity program. this is obama famously complained that america is, quote, just downright mean. and you can see what she's getting at. she has to make do with a lousy $316,962 plus benefits for a job so necessary to the hospital that when she quit to become first lady they didn't bother replacing her. [laughter] leave corporate america. that is what she boasted, yes, indeed, l
you recall that for far she ascended to the throne of the first lady, michelle obama worked for the university of chicago hospitals. she wasn't a nurse or a doctor, she wasn't even a janitor. she was taken on by the hospitals to run, quote, programs for community relations, neighborhood outreach, staffed diversity and minority contracting. she was a diverse, booming industry in the elite america. in 2005 just as her husband was coming to the national prominence, by strange coincidence the happy...
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she wrote one of the best profiles i have seen over michele obama. this is a slow rising tide. david gregory didn't get the job just because he was a white male. he is someone who had been a white house correspondent for nbc. he had the skills that were necessary to be a good broadcaster and a good interviewer. the time will come when those jobs will be again available, and there will be a much wider range of people who will be eligible for them. one of them could very well be an african-american. it may be an asian american. i'm not sure. it may be a hispanic american. we are seeing more presents of people with different ethnic backgrounds than just white, anglo and protestant. bryant gumbel succeeded me on "the today show" as the african-american host of "the today show", for example. >> host: for scrotal organ, please go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: i come from a different journalist background than you, but i feel equally crucial to americans and how they should know what is going on in their world. i was a reporter and an editor at a small, medium-sized
she wrote one of the best profiles i have seen over michele obama. this is a slow rising tide. david gregory didn't get the job just because he was a white male. he is someone who had been a white house correspondent for nbc. he had the skills that were necessary to be a good broadcaster and a good interviewer. the time will come when those jobs will be again available, and there will be a much wider range of people who will be eligible for them. one of them could very well be an...
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obama in all sorts of ways. the trend here, closer to the current time. first ladies have a big influence on their husbands. >> host: what was mamie eisenhower's roll? >> guest: she said i went in eight years in the oval office four times. all four times i was invited. one way their marriage worked was they did not discuss nuclear weapons policy and there was a division of labor and that had quite a good marriage but did not rest on being political partners. >> host: did beth truman hate being first lady? >> guest: i think she protested too much a little bit. at the very beginning she went right back to independence and did not come back for a long time and was upsetting to her husband. she did not give press conferences. she was very private. one source of this was when harry truman was about to be named vice president in 1944 in chicago she was at first against it and the reason was her father had died -- committed suicide which no one knew and she was worried that she ran for vice president there would be the
obama in all sorts of ways. the trend here, closer to the current time. first ladies have a big influence on their husbands. >> host: what was mamie eisenhower's roll? >> guest: she said i went in eight years in the oval office four times. all four times i was invited. one way their marriage worked was they did not discuss nuclear weapons policy and there was a division of labor and that had quite a good marriage but did not rest on being political partners. >> host: did beth...
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i think michelle obama in all sorts of ways. so i think what the trend here is that as we get closer and closer to the current time, first ladies have a big influence on their husbands. >> host: what was mamie eisenhower's role? >> guest: she said, she used to say i was invited -- in eight years i was in to value office, four times, all four times i was invited. one way their marriage worked was they really did not discuss, you know, nuclear weapons policy or, you know, she felt there was a division of labor, and they actually had quite a good marriage, but it did not rest on being political partners. >> host: did bess truman hate being first lady as much as it seems? >> guest: i don't think it -- i think she protested too much a little bit. although at the very beginning she went right back to independence and did not come back for a long time, and it was very upsetting to her husband. she did not give press conferences. she was very private. one source of this was when harry truman was about to be named vice president,1944 in
i think michelle obama in all sorts of ways. so i think what the trend here is that as we get closer and closer to the current time, first ladies have a big influence on their husbands. >> host: what was mamie eisenhower's role? >> guest: she said, she used to say i was invited -- in eight years i was in to value office, four times, all four times i was invited. one way their marriage worked was they really did not discuss, you know, nuclear weapons policy or, you know, she felt...